Watermelon Celebrate Red/White/Blue Card

Doodle Pantry Challenge for July is Make a Splash or Christmas Theme. Click here to enter challenge. Click here to see my Partridge in a Pear Tree Scrapbook Layout.

Made this Watermelon card using Cricut cartridge Preserves. Used Tim Holtz paper distresser & sander on the Watermelon for more realistic look. Added Glossy accents to watermelon seeds. Used Cuttlebug Preservesd embossing folder. Heat embossed stamped Paper Smooches sentiment using a mix of red/white/blue embossing powder. Added ribbon.

Supplies List 


Cricut cartridge: Preserves 3" Wtrmln2
embossing: Cuttlebug Preserves   mix red/white/blue embossing powder
gems: K & Company blue stars
Glossy accents: added to Watermelon seeds
ink: VersaFine Onyx Black, VersaMark
paper:  the Paper Studio Red Gingham scrapbook  cardstock - blue, black, red,
   core'dinations - green, off-white
ribbon: American Crafts
Spellbinder: Shape Grommet Tags
stamp:  Paper Smooches Bold Buzzwords - sentiment
Tim Holtz: paper distresser, sander 

Entering this into the following challenges:


7/11 My Sheri Crafts Ch#137 Food, Food & More Food 3E(#3) 7/5




7/12 Paper Smooches Jul 6-12 Anything Goes UE 7/6

PaperSmoochesStamps.Com  






















7/13 Fantabulous Cricut FCCB Ch #218 Summer Treats 3E(#1) 7/7 

7/14 Loves Rubber Stamps Ch#111 Red,White & Blue UE 7/8 

7/15 Simon Says Stamp Wed - Let's Be Clear 5E(#1) 7/9 
   Clear - Glossy accents on watermelon seeds




7/16 Paper Smooches Guest Designer Search - Aug UE 7/3
 
PaperSmoochesStamps.Com  





















7/20 Craftin Dessert Divas Craft It Up & link It Up Linky Party #35 Summer UE 7/7

7/30 DL.ART Thankful Thurs July Linky Ch 1Eperday 7/1

 7/31 Crafty Hazelnuts Patterned Paper Ch UE 7/1 
   pattern paper - red gingham scrapbook paper as 1st layer on top of blue cardstock

Straw berry best wishes Happy Birthday Card

Created this Birthday Card with a Strawberry theme in mind.

Used Preserves Cricut cartridge for the Strawberry images.
Used white cardstock for Base of card, red cardstock for banner tags and layers of polka dotted cardstock & strawberry scrapbook paper. Distressed the edges of the Strawberry pieces with paper distresser. Inked the edges of the Strawberry with Tim Holtz Distress Inks. Bought the Tim Holtz Summer Distress Inks (mowed grass, picked raspberry & salted ocean) this wk. First time using them. I really like the colors. Used Tim Holtz mowed grass, picked raspberry & walnut stain on the Strawberry pieces.

Cricut cartrtidge: Preserves 3" Strawberry1
ink: MementoTuxedo Black
paper:
6" x 5 1/2" Base white cardstock
5 1/2" x 3 1/4" Recollections Primary - red/white polka dots
5 1/2" x 3 3/8" Paper Pizazz Yummy Strawberries 
ribbon: Celebrate It Basic Basic
Spellbinders: Shapeabilities Nested Pennants
stamps:
Joys Life Yummy Puns "berry best wishes"
Whimsical Designs "Happy Birthday To You"
Tim Holtz: 
Distress Inks - picked raspberry, mowed grass & walnut stain
paper distresser
sander


Entering this into the following challenges: 

Anything Goes Ch70 Polka Dot w/ Birthday Theme 6/26-7/8
Chocolate Coffee Cards Ch16 Anything Goes lim3 2nd 6/29-7/12
Clearly i stamp Ch54 CIC54 Color Ch: Red/Green/White 6/22-7/7
Crafts and Me Ch90 Birthdays unlim 2nd 6/27-7/3
Divas by Design Ch41 Tag you're It lim2 2nd my tags are Spellbinder Nested Pennants with the sentiment stamped on them 6/27-7/3
Frosted Designs Fab Fri Ch Circles 6/29-7/5
Hiding in My Craftroom HIMCR52 Freestyle unlim 1st 6/30-7/6
Hot Shot Ch9 Distress Inks unlim 12th 6/9-7/6 

Jaihart Sun Are Lovely 10 unlim 47th 6/3-7/1
Paper Play Ch Wk26 Flags/Pennants/Banners unlim 2nd 6/28-7/4
Paper Playtime Ch77 Say it w/ Sentiments Anything Goes unlim 18th 6/18-30 
Party Time Tues Anything Goes unlim 8th 6/26-7/2
Simon Says Stamp & Show Depth of Distress unlim 6th used Distress Ink on Strawberries 6/25-7/1
Stampin Sisters in Christ Ch145 Use Flags & Banners unlim 5th  6/24-30
Tammy Scrapin Corner Ch16 Anything Goes Any Artist unlim 10th 6/25-7/1
 Victorine Stamp Ch37 Birthday/Happy Everything unlim 4th 6/25-7/3

Get Well Thats The Pits Card

Made this Get Well Card using Preserves Cricut
cartridge, Cherry patterned paper, Yummy Pun
stamp and Cherry ribbon.

I believe this is my first Get Well Card. I decided
to go with a humorous cherry theme.

Embossed the leaf parts and the white background.

Stamped the sentiment and tied onto the cherry
stem with cherry ribbon.


















Entering this into the following challenges:

1. Cas-ual Fridays lim 4 tot ch unlim entries 3rd entry 2/10 - 2/15

CFC39

CFC39: Clean And Simple Paper Piecing

2. Party Time Tuesday PTT55 Get Well Wishes 2/14 - 2/21

PTT#55-Get Well Wishes

3. Pennys Challenge Anything Goes unlim entries 1st entry 2/15 - 2/28

Challenge #73

4. The Shabby Tea Room Wk101 'Hi Ho Cherry O' 2/13 - 2/19

Monday, February 13, 2012

Week #101 - 'Hi Ho Cherry O'

... and Sheri asks that you create a card or project inspired by the above photo and FEATURE CHERRIES ON IT FOR NATIONAL CHERRY MONTH!

Paper (all scraps):
4 1/4" x 5 1/2" Base core'dinations Merry - red
4" x 5 1/4" white cardstock
2 1/4" x 3 3/4" Paper Pizazz Yummy Cherries
cardstock: 2 shades of green & red

adhesive: foam, Scotch ATG Zig 2 Way glue pen

embossing:
Cuttlebug - Leafy Branch & Swiss Dots

ribbon: ribbon trends Cherries

stamping:
JoysLife Yummy Pun stamp
Memento Tuxedo Black ink
Peachy Keen PK-491 Everyday Character Faces

Pineapple Upside-Down Cake Recipe Scrapbook Layout

Created this Pineapple Upside-Down
Cake Recipe Scrapbook Layout to be
part of the recipe book for my daughter.

Every year for my Hubby's birthday which
some of you know is on Groundhog's Day
I bake him his favorite, Pineapple Upside-
Down Cake. I usually make it with a Yellow
Cake Mix sometimes box & sometimes from
scratch but this year I'm going to make it from
a Duncan Hines Fudge Marble (chocolate &
yellow swirl) mix.

I have the box mix & the pineapple slices and
need to buy the cherries.

I used the Cricut Preserves Cricut cartridge for
the Pineapple Slice & Cherry.

Hand calligraphy of the recipe on clear vellum
paper.


















Closeup:


















Entering this into the following challenges:

1. Cooking with Cricut Ch#70 Anything But a Card w/ Yellow & Polka Dots ends 1/31

Challenge #70: Anything BUT a Card with Yellow & Polka Dots

2. Craft Your Days Away unlim entries 6th entry ends 2/2
CYDA Challenge #37 ~ Distressing


3. Die Cuttin Divas ends 2/6
Challenge #50: Anything Goes


4. Hooked on Craft Challenges Ch#16 "Something Bright"
unlim entries 8th entry ends 2/4
my bright is the glitter
Challenge 16


5. Paper Playtime Anything Goes unlim entries 2nd entry ends 2/4

Ch# 66 - ANYTHING GOES & BLOG HOP!

6. StampInSistersInChrist unlim entries 3rd entry ends 2/4
create card/proj true to your style - show us who you really are!
Challenge #124 – Ph. 4:8


7. Victorine Stamps unlim entries 9th entry ends 2/4
Victorine Originals-Anything Goes Challenge


Preserves Cricut cartridge
Pineapl3 3.63" x 3.5" outer part core'dinations Lemonade
Pineapl3-s 3.01" x 3.5" inner part core'dinations Tulip
Chery2-s 1.09" x 1.75" scrap piece of red core'dinations textured cardstock

Paper:
8 1/2" x 11" red cardstock
8" x 10 1/2" Martha Stewart playful blue paper pad yellow polka dot paper
7 1/2" x 2 1/2" doodlebug designs Kitchen Gadgets
core'dinations cardstock:
Lemonade, Tulip, scrap piece of red texture
vellum - clear

adhesive: foam, Scotch ATG, ZOTS small dots

Enamel accents white - used on Pineapple slice
glitter: gold, red & yellow
Tim Holtz Distress Ink walnut stain

Autumn Thanks card

Created this Autumn Thanks card using Cricut


















Closeup:














Entering this into the following challenges:

1. 4 Crafty Chicks ends 11/8

Challenge #62 Die Cuts

2. A Muse Studio Challenge Blog Dry Embossing ends 11/6
A Muse Studio

3. Celebrate the Occasion Fall (must have a pumpkin) ends 11/6
Challenge #37


4. Crafting for all Seasons ends 11/14

Challenge #13 - texture

5. Dream Valley Challenges max 3 entries 3rd entry ends 11/12

Challenge 19 - Anything Goes

6. Love to Crop unlimited entries 13th entry ends 11/3
circles: wiggly eyes

It's Challenge Time!! Encircled and hugged...

7. Scrapalicious USA ends 11/7
use at least 1 item that can be purchased from Scrapalicious Store - Inkadinkado clear stamps

Fall into Autumn Challenge

8. Simply-Crafts Create a Critter turkey image ends 11/15

November 2011 Challenge

9. The Cuttlebug Spot ends 11/14
The Cuttlebug Spot: Anything Goes

10. The Kraft Journal ends 11/6

Make it Monday with Kraft Outlet: Banners or Border Punches Challenge

11. Tuesday Throwdown "thanks" ends 11/7

Tuesday Throwdown #73

12. Whimsical-Designs "Anything Goes" ends 11/16
"Whimsical Wednesday Challenge

Cricut magazine Nov 2011 page 51 Give Thanks

Cricut cartridges:
Create a Critter 1 1/2" pumpkin & 2 1/2" turkey with all layers
Preserves Plum2 Label 5" (do not have my Gypsy back yet so couldn't size width)

Paper:
5" x 6 1/4" Base orange cardstock
4 3/4" x 6" core'dinations Bright White
core'dinations Lime green cardstock - green used for Plum2 Label (frame)

turkey:
core'dinations Tim Holtz Spiced Marmelade Distressed cardstock
core'dinations: Brownie & Ruby

attached to pumpkin:
Oak leaf from my backyard tree
scrap of core'dinations Lime green cut & twirled
Kraft cardstock

brown marker - used to color pumpkin stem
Cuttlebug D'vine Swirl embossing folder
foam adhesives
Inkadinkado Harvest Expressions clear stamp - sentiment
Memento Rich Cocoa ink

wiggly eyes

Pineapple Upside Down Cake Birthday Card

Was asked to be a Special Guest Crafter for
Die Cuttin Divas this week for Dessert theme.

Created this Pineapple Upside-Down Cake Birthday
card for my hubby whose fav cake is Pineapple
Upside-Down Cake.

















View of outside & inside of card:


















Entering this into the following challenges:

1. Anything Goes Challenge Blog multiple entries 9th entry
Challenge 51 - Die cuts/ Punches or both


2. Cute Card Thursday
Challenge 185 - Time for Cake!


Preserves Cricut cartridge 3" Pineapple slice, 1/2" cherry

Paper:
4 1/4" x 5 1/2" Base scrap paper with ribbon streamers pattern
scraps of yellow core'dinations cardstock
scraps of red & tan (tore the edges) cardstock

Fiskars Make a Wish Quotes clear stamp
Stampabilities black ink
Tim Holtz sander used on Pineapple slice
brown ribbon

You will have one week to plan, create, and submit your project. There will be a showcase later this week and then the winner will be announced next Tuesday. Please remember to include which die-cut you used and a link back to Die Cuttin Divas site is appreciated.

This week's prize will be a goodie surprise pack that any crafter would love to have. Oooh...how sweet!

Looking forward to all those "Scrumptious" projects!

Check out the challenge at Die Cuttin Divas
by clicking below:

Challenge #36: National Dessert Day

Peach Card

Created this Peach Card. Difficult part for me was finding the right color to use for the Peach color. Amy of Amy's Crafting Space inspired me with her Basket card that won Top 3 at Cooking with Cricut Ch#47 Picnic. Check out Amy's card.
Amy- Amy's Crafting Space























Entering this into the following challenges:

Celebrate the Occasion Ch#27 Circle Shaped Card
Challenge #27


Cooking With Cricut Ch#48 Peach

Challenge #48: Peach

Cricut cartridges:
Doodlecharms 2" Basket
George and Basic Shapes 4 1/2" Circle
Preserves 1" & 1 1/4" Peach 1" Peach Word
Wild Card 5 1/2" Doily

Paper:
the Paper Studio Brown Gingham
cardstock - brown, cream, peach color

4 gold brads
Tim Holtz: Sander, Walnut Distress ink - on Basket
2 different colored Glitters on Peaches & Peach Word
Stickles Lime Green - Leaves on Peaches
foam adhesives

"Cherry on Top" Card

Created what I'm calling the "Cherry on Top" card. Had about 5 do overs on this card. I thought I would try to sand the edges of the leaves & totally messed up the stems. I got glue on some of the pieces and it was noticeable even after using distress stain ink. I thought perhaps I would trim teh leaves with decorative edge scissors but made a mess of the leaf after a few snips. Forget what the other mistakes I made but finally came up with this.


















Closeup:


















Inside of card:


















Entering this into the following challenge:

Cricut Cardz Challenge #86 Tutti Fruitti - make card using fruit, any cartridge, color or occasion

Card opens bottom to top instead of right to left like most cards I make.

Preserves Cricut cartridge 3" cherry1 & layers, made 2 of the cherry shift pieces

Paper:
Base 5 1/2" x 4 1/4" white cardstock
3 shades of red: light is DCWV red and not sure what the darker or thin sparkly paper(5" x 4" embossed piece on front & 2 3/8" x 1 1/8" piece with stamped border on inside) is
2 shades of green core-dinations: Shamrock - darker & Lime - lighter

Cuttlebug Preserves embossing folder

ribbon trends - Cherries

studio g clear stamp cherry border on inside

'Preserving' my Garden Memories Scrapbook Layout

Made this scrapbook layout of my Cantaloupe garden that my hubby worked so hard to build in a raised garden bed using cedar wood. Hubby found out that treated lumber chemicals that it is treated with is not good for some plants. Titled the scrapbook layout 'Preserving' my Garden Memories because I used the Preserves Cricut cartridge for the cantaloupe & 'melon' wording die cuts. Started working on the scrapbook layout 7/12/11 & finished it today 7/15/11.


















Photos matted on yellow cardstock:
top right is a bee on the Cantaloupe yellow flower 6/17/11
center left is of the 2 Cantaloupe plants bought from Home Depot when hubby first planted them 4/17/11
center right is the Cantaloupe plants as they look now 7/14/11
bottom is the 1st Cantaloupe to have grown










































































Currently we have 16+ Cantaloupes growing from the 2 plants we started with and first one that you see in the bottom photo should be ripe sometime in Aug.

Preserves Cricut cartridge 2 1/2": melon2 & layers, 'melon' word & label shift (qty 2 of these)
Designer's Calendar Cricut cartridge 2 1/2" sun: August script shift & August script shadow

Paper:
Base: 12" x 12" the Paper Studio Soft Swirls Green - from Hobby Lobby - chose this because it had a nice vine pattern to it and the cantaloupe plants as you can see are a vine growing plant
yellow cardstock: core'dinations VC Lemonade
light orange: Papaya
darker orange & 2 shades of green cardstock

Fiskars Large Scallop punch

brad on journaling part at bottom center of page

Entering this into following challenges:

Cooking with Cricut - Cricut pens or markers or proj w/ sun die cut since challenge indicated if you did not have Cricut pens or markers you could a sun die cut which is what I did

Challenge #42: Pen or Marker Work or a Sun

Terrific Tuesday Challenge - Preserves!

Tuesday Throwdown #57 - Fun in the Sun included a sun since a garden needs sun to grow & Texas sun has been beaming 100+ temps

Tuesday Throwdown #57

Polkadoodle Wk 28 Challenge - Long Hot Summer definitely a long hot Summer here in Central TX with 100+ temps

Week 28 Challenge - Long Hot Summer

Paper Cutz Challenge #100 The skies the limit - included a sun & HoneyBee bumblebee

More than favors
Wacky Wednesday #44 - Fun in The Sun!